An effective presentation here - and no sales pitch, which may add to it?
Month: May 2015
Virtual Realty
This gimmick has some whiz-bang feel to it - hat tip to swm: SEATTLE – Kyle Chabot-Maltz "walked" on a tour through one of Seattle's newest high-rise condos Thursday. He checked out the tower's decks, the kitchens and bathrooms. The thing is, the tower, Luma, isn't...
FLW – Civic & Commercial
Thanks to the Friends of San Diego Architecture for this collection of Frank Lloyd Wright images: Frank Lloyd Wright--Civic & Commercial Buildings - Images by Friends of San Diego Architecture
Home Auctions
Home auctions are making their way into the mainstream - if they becomes the standard, we won't have to worry about portals, shenanigans, etc. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/a-new-trend-thats-selling-houses-in-a-snap/33234956 video platformvideo managementvideo...
Rolling Stones
Mick did some hiking while he was here - looks like Del Mar Mesa: Daytrip sent in the best youtube video of Sunday's show:
Home Water Recycling
Thanks daytrip! http://www.cnbc.com/id/102691480 Imagine a home that could recycle two-thirds of the water it uses. No need to imagine. New technology to do just that was recently approved for use in drought-parched California, and the company behind it claims it...
$500,000,000
One of the biggest homes in U.S. history is rising on a Los Angeles hilltop, and the developer hopes to sell it for a record $500 million. Nile Niami, a film producer and speculative residential developer, is pouring concrete in L.A.’s Bel Air neighborhood for a...
LJ Shores
This is open 9:30 - 1:30 today for broker preview. LP = $9,800,000: 8470 El Paseo Grande - La Jolla California Oceanfront from Deborah Greenspan on Vimeo.
Actives-to-Pendings Ratio
We've used the ratio of active-listings-to-pending-listings as a measure of the overall 'health' of the market, with a 2:1 ratio being about right. This is how it looked earlier this year, on February 23, 2015:...
Battle of the Portals
The headlines have died down, but there is still a lot of commotion behind the scenes on who and how listings will be distributed to the public. The Big Three became the Big Two when Zillow merged with Trulia, and Realtor.com was sold to News Corp. Recently the...